What switches
you on?
Four minutes, and you'll know what gets the best out of you. And what shuts you down.
An example profile. Yours will look nothing like it.
Everyone has both. Almost nobody can name theirs.
Owning the method. Being judged on results. Long uninterrupted stretches.
Someone who wants to know how it's going. A process instead of a goal. Meetings whose only function is reassurance.
What switches you on
The conditions that bring out your best, and how to get more of them.
What switches you off
The things that drain you faster than they drain other people. Most never spot the pattern.
What actually drives you
The eight things that motivate people, put in your order. Some of it will surprise you.
The thing people get wrong
One line you can send to someone who has never quite understood you.
Fair warning.
This isn't built to flatter you. Your result will include at least one line you don't enjoy reading. That's usually the line people screenshot.
Based on forty years of research into what motivates people.
How it works
32 statements, answered on a seven-point scale, measuring eight things that motivate people: Mastery, Recognition, Autonomy, Belonging, Purpose, Novelty, Security and Stakes.
Four of them pull against each other on purpose, so nobody comes out high on everything. And your scores are compared to your own average rather than to other people's — which means the result reflects what drives you most, not how enthusiastically you answer questions.
Grounded in Self-Determination Theory, Regulatory Focus Theory and achievement goal theory.